I'm going to give you a little different advice because I was in your shoes not to long ago. I too wanted to learn to fly but didn't want to go the club route. So what I did is bought an electric Slow Stick with a good radio and charger. Both you'll use later. The Slow Stick costs 39.95 and includes the engine. You can buy the standard sized servos and receiver for the slow stick which willl also go into your next plane. This plane calls for micro stuff but it can easily carry the bigger stuff. It can even carry a camera later if that tells you anything about this plane. This is the most forgiving plane you will ever fly and it is so slow that you can easily teach yourself if you have it balanced and trimmed correctly. Balance and trim will be the tough parts but you are going to deal with this with the other type of flying as well. I would rather mess up a 40 dollar plane than an expensive arf. But this is just my opinion.

Good luck!

cainebean